title: Hantavirus infection in children in Argentina.
abstract: Clinical hantavirus infection was diagnosed in five Argentine children ages 5 to 11 years by immunoglobulin M (IgM)- capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using Sin Nombre virus (SNV) antigens. Death in three of the children was associated with absence of detectable IgG to SNV antigens. An additional two cases in healthy children were studied: one, a breast-fed 15-month-old whose mother died of suspected hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) 8 months previously, had hantavirus IgG (> 1:6400); a second, whose mother survived HPS during month three of pregnancy, apparently had maternal antibodies no longer detectable 1 year after birth.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas, Pergamino, Argentina.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Resa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: del Jesús Laime
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lecot
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levis
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Enria
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001118:Argentina; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral